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Old December 29th, 2005
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hi.
i am a new limewire user.
and i cant seem to open anything with an .exe extension....ive double clicked on it and tried various applications to open it....could someone exactly (or something close to) tell me what application i need to open the file??help much appreiciated
sedoe
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Old December 29th, 2005
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You're really cute, but that's just my personal opinion.
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Old December 29th, 2005
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cute?dont you really mean ignorant or stupid?
something more constuctive will be more helpful
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Old December 29th, 2005
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Hi sedoe,
You have to be really careful downloading programs. Many of them contain a virus, worm etc etc. Even if you manage to open the pgm and it has no malware, chances are you'd never get it to work properly!

Have a read of this thread:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...highlight=.exe
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Old December 29th, 2005
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thanks birdy...
will be carefull....reading on the forum made me a little bit paranoid now
thanks again
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